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According to Lee Levitt of '']'' the show is an attempt "justify the views that have made her a controversial figure". Levitt wrote that the opening of her Edinburgh Fringe Show, was greeted witg applause by the audience.<ref name="thejc3">{{cite news |last=Levitt|first=Lee|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jackie-walker-in-edinburgh-1.442461|title=Jackie Walker in Edinburgh: cheers and a standing ovation|work= |location= |publisher='']''|date=6 August 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> In the '']'' Bernadette Hyland described it as "a story which Walker brings to life using song and readings" and "a shocking and sorrowful narrative as we follow her mother and siblings from the US to Jamaica and finally to Britain".<ref name="morningstaronline"/> According to Lee Levitt of '']'' the show is an attempt "justify the views that have made her a controversial figure". Levitt wrote that the opening of her Edinburgh Fringe Show, was greeted witg applause by the audience.<ref name="thejc3">{{cite news |last=Levitt|first=Lee|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jackie-walker-in-edinburgh-1.442461|title=Jackie Walker in Edinburgh: cheers and a standing ovation|work= |location= |publisher='']''|date=6 August 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> In the '']'' Bernadette Hyland described it as "a story which Walker brings to life using song and readings" and "a shocking and sorrowful narrative as we follow her mother and siblings from the US to Jamaica and finally to Britain".<ref name="morningstaronline"/>

The '']'' had the following to say: "Billed as a story of black struggle, racism and Jeremy Corbyn, it mixes politics, humour, drama and song, The Lynching invites the audience-as-jury to hear Jackie’s mother defend her daughter."<ref name="camdennewjournal">{{cite news |last=Tomlin|first=Julie|url=http://www.camdennewjournal.com/article/julie-tomlins-theatre-news-the-lynching-assassins-passages-to-somewhere-sprint-festival|title=Julie Tomlin’s theatre news: The Lynching; Assassins; Passages to Somewhere; Sprint Festival|work= |location=London|publisher='']''|date=16 March 2018|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> In '']'' Ben Fishwick wrote, "Ms Walker's show, ''The Lynching'', sees the audience act as a jury while her mother 'comes to life' defending her actions"<ref name="portsmouth">{{cite news |last=Fishwick|first=Ben|url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/our-region/portsmouth/controversial-labour-activist-to-speak-in-portsmouth-1-8382004|title=Controversial Labour activist to speak in Portsmouth|work= |location=Portsmouth|publisher='']''|date=17 March 2018|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref>, while John Gulliver of '']'' "found it absorbing and revealing".<ref name="islingtontribune">{{cite news |last=Gulliver|first=John|url=http://www.islingtontribune.com/article/jackie-we-must-be-free-to-speak|title=Jackie Walker, the ghost, says we must be free to speak|work= |location=Derry|publisher='']''|date=7 November 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref>


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For the article about a premeditated extrajudicial killing by a group, see Lynching.
The Lynching: What They Wouldn't Let Jackie Walker Tell You
Promotional poster
Written byJackie Walker
Date premiered4 August 2017 (2017-08-04)
Original languageEnglish
Official site

The Lynching: What They Wouldn't Let Jackie Walker Tell You is a 2017 one-person play by British activist Jackie Walker.

Reception

In The Guardian, Alexei Sayle wrote: "Jackie possesses a lovely singing voice and the honed acting skills of a veteran performer, plus the tragic story of her Jewish civil rights campaigner father and her black Jamaican mother, who was wrongly confined to a mental institution in the US, is worth a show in itself. Jackie is also very funny and frank about her own bolshy nature." Linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky said: "I wholeheartedly support the right of anyone to criticise Israel without being branded antisemitic. That goes in particular for Jackie Walker".

According to Lee Levitt of The Jewish Chronicle the show is an attempt "justify the views that have made her a controversial figure". Levitt wrote that the opening of her Edinburgh Fringe Show, was greeted witg applause by the audience. In the Morning Star Bernadette Hyland described it as "a story which Walker brings to life using song and readings" and "a shocking and sorrowful narrative as we follow her mother and siblings from the US to Jamaica and finally to Britain".

The Camden New Journal had the following to say: "Billed as a story of black struggle, racism and Jeremy Corbyn, it mixes politics, humour, drama and song, The Lynching invites the audience-as-jury to hear Jackie’s mother defend her daughter." In The News Ben Fishwick wrote, "Ms Walker's show, The Lynching, sees the audience act as a jury while her mother 'comes to life' defending her actions", while John Gulliver of The Islington Tribune "found it absorbing and revealing".

See also

References

  1. ^ Hyland, Bernadette (25 January 2017). "Theatre Review Pointed polemic from suspended Labour activist". Morning Star. Retrieved 1 July 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. Sayle, Alexei (19 November 2017). "On my radar: Alexei Sayle's cultural highlights". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. Sugarman, Daniel (14 June 2017). "Jackie Walker compares her Labour suspension for alleged antisemitism to a 'lynching'". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. Levitt, Lee (6 August 2017). "Jackie Walker in Edinburgh: cheers and a standing ovation". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. Tomlin, Julie (16 March 2018). "Julie Tomlin's theatre news: The Lynching; Assassins; Passages to Somewhere; Sprint Festival". London: Camden New Journal. Retrieved 1 July 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. Fishwick, Ben (17 March 2018). "Controversial Labour activist to speak in Portsmouth". Portsmouth: The News. Retrieved 1 July 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. Gulliver, John (7 November 2017). "Jackie Walker, the ghost, says we must be free to speak". Derry: The Islington Tribune. Retrieved 1 July 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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